closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc good morning i'm eric thomas in for cheryl jennings. and i'm kristen sze. police investigating assault on an underaged girl. katie marzullo is live at the scene. >> reporter: this crime is still very much under investigation. i've just come from speaking with the san francisco police department they can c confirm that a juvenile girl was assaulted by adult male that

occurred here in these bushes on north point between taylor and mason. look at this video around 3 a.m. the person you are seeing on the stretcher is suspect. police found him and the girl in this area near north point and taylor basically in the -- as the assault was ongoing after her friends called police to report her missing. >> the reporting party was a group who had separated from this missing juvenile early in the evening. during the time of incident the missing juvenile separated from the group on her own volition. >> reporter: that's the official word from the spokesman from the sergeant this morning. earlier at the scene, the police did tell us the victim is a 15-year-old girl and a tourist here with a tour group

and she was in fact sexually assaulted. again, the investigation is ongoin police are still interviewing witnesses trying to determine exactly what happened out here in the wee hours of the morning. the victim's injuries are not life-threatening. the suspect was taken to the hospital, complaining of pain. a lot of questions still to be answered. we will bring them as soon as we get them. katie marzullo, abc7 news richmond police searching for the gunman who opened fire on a car killing a college student. the victim's sister narrowly escaped. this happened outside their home. amy hollyfield is live in richmond with the details. >> reporter: police say as far as they can tell the victim was not involved in any gang or drug activity. they don't think he knows his killer. police and neighbors of murder victim edwin martinez, agree, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time >> he was just out there to be out there. he got caught up in the wrong

time. >> reporter: investigators think the killer was after someone else. they have no idea why he turned his gun on martinez. >> we don't have any indication that he was picked out particularly. we are still asking for help from the pub in regards to this incident. >> reporter: investigators say the -- the 22-year-old contra costa college student was this car with his sister parked in front of their apartment complex 7:00 last night. someone came running didn't the street chasing after a car and shooting. when the man gave up and stopped running, he turned and saw martinez and his sister, sitting in their car. he fired and shot martinez, several times. >> he was my neighbor, one of my friends. it is like -- [ unintelligible ] that's cold what they did. >> reporter: the neighborhood nevin and 22nd in richmond is

on edge. people who spoke didn't want to give their names. >> i feel bad for the young man's sister. feel bad for the neighborhood because too much of that type of thing goes on around here. >> reporter: one man came over to check on his mom who watches his kids pore him during the day. >> my concern is when i bring my kids over, i -- i want to know -- >> reporter: people are concerned because the killer is still on the loose. >> we don't have any information about a suspect. the description we have is very vague. >> reporter: police say all they have to go on is a man was seen running from the area. they need help. they are hoping that someone with key details will come forward. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. this morning we are learning san francisco police are trying to determine if any of the city's old cold case murders are linked to a serial killing suspect. investigators say they are examining several open

homicides to determine if 78-year-old joseph naso is responsible. yesterday he was ordered to stand trial for the murders of two bay area women in the 70s and two women in the 90s. the new investigation began after prosecutors revealed a cryptic list kept by naso that made reference to 10 women, including a reference to an apartment building in the tenderloin neighborhood. residents on the peninsula warned of a new scheme with thieves posing as door-to-door magazine salespeople. sunday night in san carlos a man and woman entered the home after using the bathroom they took jewelry from that home. deputies are urging everyone especially those in san carlos not to let solicitors into your home. the pleasantdistrict will decide whether to bring in drug -- police sant ton

district will -- critics say the proposal is a violation of privacy. the meeting begins 7:00 tonight at the district offices. plans to build and plans to block. a new stadium will be a top issue tonight. yesterday officials said opponents had collected enough petition signatures to put the future of the project back on the ballot. voters approved it in 2010. we are told -- but were told it would be at much less cost. city attorneys say the approval should stand. now councilmembers acting as the stadium authority will weigh in both sides expect the whole thing to end up in court with tomorrow oakland city officials will begin closely examining her new budget including cuts to make up for the loss in 28 million dollars in redevelopment agency funds. the mayor says the equivalent

of 105 fulltime positions will be eliminated, 50 fewer than projected last week. the mayor says officials managed to trim the number by reorganizing and consolidating several departments. >> we are going to have less departments, less administrators and in the end, we did our best to make sure that there are no cuts or minimal cuts to core services. in addition to wholesale cuts to redevelopment including afford housing programs, the budget includes less funding for community center hours, public works, subsidies to the children's zoo and aquatic center. libraries and services for the homeless and seniors won't face cuts. final decision on this budget is due next week. mitt romney and newt gingrich are stepping up attacks on each other before the critical florida primary next week. a new poll shows the infighting overtax returns and ethics may be taking a toll on

both gop front-runners. scott goldberg reports. >> reporter: no longer the front-runner and forced to disclose more information sooner than he would have liked mitt romney released two years of tax details. his 2010 return and 2011 estimate say romney earned more than 42 million dollars over that period. romney gave seven million dollars to charity over those two years, more than half to the mormon church and paid six million dollars in taxes. that means romney's tax rate is about 14%. his taxes would be much higher if his income came from a but instead it is from investments. >> i pay all the taxes that are legally required and not a dollar more. >> reporter: romney made no apologies last night in florida. this morning democrats were all too happy to weigh in. >> we need to mick shower -- make sure that middle class workers are not paying more than people making 100 million dollars a year.

>> reporter: romney tried opportunity takes on gingrich after he disclosed he made hundreds of thousands working for freddie mac. romney call it lobbying. >> you just jumped a long way over here friend. >> another area of influence peddling. >> no. >> reporter: a new poll says romney's favorability rating is 31%. 49% view him unfavorably. 29% of those surveyed view gingrich favorably his unfavorable number is 51%. that same poll has better news for president obama. 53% of the people surveyed view him favorably that puts a little wind at his back heading into the state of the union address tonight. scott goldberg, abc news a washington. >> during tonight's address the president is expected to endorse a tentative deal toerhay under the agreement one million homeowners could have the size of their mortgages reduced.

another 750,000 people who have already lost their homes could get an 1800 settlement. the agreement would make it easier for 11 million homeowners who owe more than their homes are worth to refinance. critics say it doesn't go far enough. california has already opt-out of the talks. you can watch the president's state of the union address tonight at 6:00. up next, managers. oakland bali are doing a tap dance. they can't -- oakland ballet are doing a tap dance. surprises and snubs in this year's oscar nominations just announced this morning. we'll recap honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we switched to at&t high speed internet and got wireless access. no more cords. wireless, okay, honestly, can i just get a cord, please? dad, the cord's invisible.

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the oakland ballet is delaying the launch of its spring season do to a $90,000 shortfall in its budget. ticket sales from the 2011 nutcracker fell below expectations. the company has face mad juror financial challenges in recent years. the spring program was set to begin may 18th. the new launch date will be decided after the annual benefit gala on may 5th. a movie shot in oakland is among this year's oscar nominees. the nominations announced this morning. diane avellar reports from hollywood on this year's surprises and snubs.

>> reporter: leave it to one of america's most esteemed directors to nab the most nominations. martin scorsese's hugo leads with 11, including best picture and best director. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: hot on hugo's heels the artist with 10 nominations, including best actor. not bad for a silent film. both movies will battle for best picture with seven competitors. war house, moneyball, descendants, tree of life, midnight in paris, the help and extremely cloud and incredibly close. the best actor category features sure bets, brad pitt for moneyball. george clooney for the descendants and gary oldman's first oscar nomination for tinker taylor, soldier spy. viola davis scored her first nomination facing glenn close and meryl streep as well as

the dark house rooney mara from the girl with the dragon tattoo. nick nolte against christopher plumber nominated for the beginningers. best supporting actress hardest to predict -- the help's octavia spencer and jessica chastain face tough competition from melissa mccarthy. as for snubs leonardo dicaprio's turn as j edgar hoover was not nominated. nor the director of the girl with the dragon tattoo. of course moneyball was the movie shot in oakland. the 84th annual academy awards will be sunday february 26th, starting at 5:30 watch it all right here. hollywood's most watched evening begins with a road to gold. academy award preview 12:30

followed by the red carpet arrivals then the big show skwroplt download our new oscar app right now it lets you predict winners and gives exclusive live video from the red carpet and backstage during the show we have a link to the app at abc7news.com under see it on tv. >> the ultimate social event. >> i'll see you there, we have tickets. >> yeah, we can get the app. meteorologist mike nicco golden sunshine? >> or ski lift tickets. we'll family the sun ab probably ride this -- [ unintelligible ] people who live beneath a crumbling san francisco hillside wait for a green light to go back home. snowmobileer gets buried alive in avalanche his friends rush to his rescue,

engineers are out today at san francisco's telegrah hill where a rockslide drove several out of their homes yesterday. heavy rains cause two slides no one was hurt boulders slammed into a parked car next to a condo. residents of the three units closest to the hillside were evacuated. they might be allowed to return today. crews worked into the night to up stall a protective barrier with fencing. it is -- only temporary. >> might involve drilling in some sort of bolts into the hillside and adding some netting much closer on the face of the hill. >> the city says it is going to be working with the owner

to determine who is responsible for shoring up that hillside. stunning pictures this morning. a dramatic rescue of a snowmobileer trapped by an avalanche in washington state sunday. a group of friends out snowmobileing in king county. the avalanche begins you see the snow coming down. in seconds it swallows up one of the vehicles and its rider. a member of the group saw it happen and knew exactly where the man was buried. they dug frantically with their hands and shovel and once the man's helmet was able to pull him to safety. the victim says he owes his life to those friends, and he does. washington state got a lot of snow. in the last week our totals are impressive time absolutely snow pack getting bigger. unfortunately, all that snow going back up towards washington and oregon. it is impressive. we talked about how would it look white this week there you go easier to ski up there now many more runs are open make sure you check ahead i'm sure

they will be happy to have you. back here at home stubborn clouds. they are keeping some of the local clouds intact and high clouds are dimming the sunshine a little. they are not going to drop any more rain. let's take a look at our tolds from seven inches st. helena near that santa rosa to nearly 8 1/2 in kent field to more than 2 in concord, oakland, 2 1/2 san francisco, look what happened down in the south bay, santa cruz mountains steal all that moisture 10 inches in ben lomond as storms downslope into san jose they tend to dry not even a 10th of what ben lomond got 88/100 in san jose. the snow back is up to 40%. last week 10%. yeah, that's what three to four, even five feet of snow will do for you in a five-daytime frame that is definitely nice to see. mid to upper 40s north bay valleys low to mid 50s for the

rest of us. inland mid to upper 50s. partly sunny today pockets of sun develop in that cloud cover, dry and mile, partly cloudy tonight foggy during the morning commute in search of rain and mountain snow outside of this seven day average today is the transition from the rain to those warmerylvñ temperatures upper 50s to low 60s as you head to the monterey bay with that extra sun you will be warmer low to mid 60s around the bay and inland. around the state storm well north some of that leaks across the border, showers lower elevation showers higher elevation snow around mount shasta today 48 tahoe and yosemite. mid 30s to low 40s inland upper 30s to mid 40s bay and the coast san francisco 47° tomorrow morning. high pressure coming in.

this moist flow over top is the reason why we are still not seeing a lot of sun today. the ridge will continue building today and tonight a decrease in the cloud cover. here's a look at the storm track, washington, oregon, not even coming close to us. seven day forecast, warmer weather on the way with increase in sun. warmest afternoons will be friday to sunday probably the mornings without fog also low 60s along the coast mid to upper 60s for the rest of us. >> thanks mike. have you ever wanted a nice quiet place to relax or stretch before a long flight? >> always. you are in luck if you are flying out of sfo, your moment of zen is just ahead.

today at 3:00, eddie money performs. then at 4:00, the best hand held blender you can get for $50. michael finney has consumer reports choice. how new fuel efficiency standards will change the cars you buy in the future. those stories and more at 4:00 and 5:00. could you use some zen in your life? how about san francisco international. >> sfo will open up a zen room this thursday in terminal 2, past security.

physiologists say doing yoga or stretching is great because sitting for hours on a plane tends to shorten muscles that can lead to back problems. >> late flights can shorten your temperature that can lead to outbursts this is good for that as well. >> we do a lot of sitting we should stretch now. not a bad afternoon to get out and do real exercise >> not too bad. more sunshine coming our way soon. from all of us here at abc7 news, thanks for joining us. >> who wants to be a millionaire next. keep track on twitter and talk about it on ...with a two-year-old at home. i have two daughters. we have five boys and a large family. i couldn't imagine not having at&t u-verse. like, if we're watching a movie in mom's room, and mom doesn't want us in her room, we just go in the living room and continue watching it. [ female announcer ] call to get u-verse -- now with free hd -- for only 25 a month for six months -- that's our lowest price ever!

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